The triangular supply chain relationship: Labour dispatch agencies, hospitality sector, and flexible workers: The Taiwan experience

Service Industries Journal

Volumn 29, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1317-1339

  Soltani, Ebrahim ^a   Lai, Pei Chun ^b   Phillips, Paul ^a   Liao, Ying Ying ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL PINGTUNG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Hospitality sector; Labour dispatch agency; Labour flexibility; Taiwan

Indexed keywords

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HUMAN CAPITAL; LABOR MARKET; LABOR RELATIONS; LABOR STANDARD; LABOR SUPPLY; SERVICE SECTOR;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; TAIWAN;

EID: 70350275125     PISSN: 02642069     EISSN: 17439507     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02642060903026221     Document Type: Article

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